Texas governor Rick Perry to sign off law that bans abortions after 20 weeks after senate approves bill in late-night vote Abortion rights advocates filled the rotunda of the Texas state capitor as the senate prepared to vote. Photograph: Tamir Kalifa/AP Texas politicians have given final approval to one of the US's toughest anti-abortion bills, but opponents are set to challenge the legisation in federal court. More than a thousand pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrators packed the state capitol in Austin late on Friday night as senators voted on legislation that has made Texas the focus of nationwide abortion-rights activism. The senate passed House Bill 2 by 19 votes to 11 just before...
↧